Fidelity, loyalty and tragedy

...a lesson in fidelity, loyalty and tragedy...

Hit and Run

A mallard couple slowly waddled

along the median, pecking at this

or that absent mindedly.

Briefly, like a familiar couple they

walked closely together seemingly

enjoying each other’s company.

The drabness of the female melded

with the dark road surface as she

continued to peck at the invisible.

Occasionally she glanced up at her mate.

The black car crushed her body in an instant.

The male casually looked up, as if curious,

and waddled, absently glancing

now and again at the still, crushed body

of his mate.  Hesitating, he crossed the

road to peck at the opposite median.

He looked once more at the still body

and moved on to the green grass

and there remained for the next three days.